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Frank X. Shaw

@fxshaw
126 posts
2025-07-19
In response to concerns raised earlier this week about US-supervised foreign engineers, Microsoft has made changes to our support for US Government customers to assure that no China-based engineering teams are providing technical assistance for DoD Government cloud and related
2025-07-19 View on X
Reuters

Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to provide technical support to the US military, after a ProPublica report raised security concerns

Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military …

2025-02-19
Super excited about this!
2025-02-19 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft unveils the Majorana 1, its first quantum processor that uses the Majorana particle instead of electrons, that can potentially fit a million qubits

Microsoft has spent 17 years researching a new material and architecture for quantum computing.

2025-01-17
I'm a WSJ subscriber and am “pissed off” on a regular basis; i look forward to the WSJ story that notes my concerns. 🤣
2025-01-17 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft bundles its AI-powered Office features into Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions for an extra $3 per month

MS takes the thing they were charging €20 p/m for, drops the price to €3 p/m but then tapes it to the product everyone has to buy so you can't even avoid it at the lower price.  — ...

2024-10-31
Today, Microsoft reported Q1 results - a solid start to FY25. We also shared that our all-up AI business is on track to surpass an annual run rate of $10 billion in Q2. This will make it the fastest business in our history to reach this milestone. :) https://microsoft.com/...
2024-10-31 View on X
Axios

Microsoft says its AI business is on track to surpass a $10B annual revenue run rate in Q2, its fastest product category to reach that milestone yet

Ina Fried / Axios :

Today, Microsoft reported Q1 results - a solid start to FY25. We also shared that our all-up AI business is on track to surpass an annual run rate of $10 billion in Q2. This will make it the fastest business in our history to reach this milestone. :) https://microsoft.com/...
2024-10-31 View on X
Microsoft

Microsoft reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $65.6B, Microsoft 365 Commercial products and cloud services up 13%, LinkedIn up 10%, and net income up 11% to $24.7B

Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives First Quarter Results REDMOND, Wash. — October 30, 2024 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …

2024-07-22
Helping our customers through the CrowdStrike outage https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
2024-07-22 View on X
Reuters

Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 5,000+ flights, including 1,384 on Sunday and 700+ for Monday so far, according to FlightAware

Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) struggled to restore normal operations on Sunday after last week's crippling global cyber outage …

This WSJ story is a great example of vibe-based journalism, where based on vibes the reporters decide what to write, then force-fit quotes into the narrative, blinking sheepishly when they end up in conflict. As in: “Friday's outage was caused by a buggy update sent to corporate
2024-07-22 View on X
Reuters

Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 5,000+ flights, including 1,384 on Sunday and 700+ for Monday so far, according to FlightAware

Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) struggled to restore normal operations on Sunday after last week's crippling global cyber outage …

@yuusharo also, a Microsoft spokesperson would not have to make this point if the reporters did their jobs.
2024-07-22 View on X
Reuters

Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 5,000+ flights, including 1,384 on Sunday and 700+ for Monday so far, according to FlightAware

Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) struggled to restore normal operations on Sunday after last week's crippling global cyber outage …

from the article: A Microsoft spokesman said it cannot legally wall off its operating system in the same way Apple does because of an understanding it reached with the European Commission following a complaint.  In 2009, Microsoft agreed it would give makers of security software the same level of access to Windows that Microsoft gets.
2024-07-22 View on X
Reuters

Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 5,000+ flights, including 1,384 on Sunday and 700+ for Monday so far, according to FlightAware

Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) struggled to restore normal operations on Sunday after last week's crippling global cyber outage …

Helping our customers through the CrowdStrike outage https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
2024-07-22 View on X
CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike says a Falcon sensor configuration update on Windows triggered a logic error that resulted in a system crash and BSOD, remediated after 78 minutes

Thankfully, Macs weren't affected by last week's catastrophic … Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: What caused last week's major tech outage? CrowdStrike : Likely eCrime ...

2024-07-21
@yuusharo from the article: A Microsoft spokesman said it cannot legally wall off its operating system in the same way Apple does because of an understanding it reached with the European Commission following a complaint. In 2009, Microsoft agreed it would give makers of security software
2024-07-21 View on X
The Official Microsoft Blog

Microsoft estimates that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5M Windows devices, or less than 1% of all Windows machines

On July 18, CrowdStrike, an independent cybersecurity company, released a software update that began impacting IT systems globally.  Although this was not a Microsoft incident …

This WSJ story is a great example of vibe-based journalism, where based on vibes the reporters decide what to write, then force-fit quotes into the narrative, blinking sheepishly when they end up in conflict. As in: “Friday's outage was caused by a buggy update sent to corporate
2024-07-21 View on X
The Official Microsoft Blog

Microsoft estimates that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5M Windows devices, or less than 1% of all Windows machines

On July 18, CrowdStrike, an independent cybersecurity company, released a software update that began impacting IT systems globally.  Although this was not a Microsoft incident …

Helping our customers through the CrowdStrike outage https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
2024-07-21 View on X
The Official Microsoft Blog

Microsoft estimates that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5M Windows devices, or less than 1% of all Windows machines

On July 18, CrowdStrike, an independent cybersecurity company, released a software update that began impacting IT systems globally.  Although this was not a Microsoft incident …

@yuusharo also, a Microsoft spokesperson would not have to make this point if the reporters did their jobs.
2024-07-21 View on X
The Official Microsoft Blog

Microsoft estimates that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5M Windows devices, or less than 1% of all Windows machines

On July 18, CrowdStrike, an independent cybersecurity company, released a software update that began impacting IT systems globally.  Although this was not a Microsoft incident …

2024-07-20
Earlier today, a Crowdstrike update was responsible for bringing down a number of Windows systems globally. We are actively supporting customers to assist in their recovery.
2024-07-20 View on X
The Verge

BSODs hit thousands of Windows PCs due to “a defect” in an update from CrowdStrike, taking banks, airlines, and more businesses offline; Microsoft is aware

or CrowdStrike Microsoft : HELPFUL LINKS  —  Get notified of outages that impact you  —  Building reliable applications on Azure The Record : IT teams scramble to recover from Crow...

Earlier today, a Crowdstrike update was responsible for bringing down a number of Windows systems globally. We are actively supporting customers to assist in their recovery.
2024-07-20 View on X
Wall Street Journal

A profile of CrowdStrike, founded in 2011 and used by 300 companies in the Fortune 500; Gartner: CrowdStrike has ~15% of the global security software market

The little-known company is very popular in Corporate America, contributing to the severity of the global IT outage

2023-12-10
It's a take all right.
2023-12-10 View on X
The Intrinsic Perspective

A bear case for the AI industry, as the sectors LLMs seem capable of disrupting so far, like writing, digital art, and programming help, are not very lucrative

Gemini and the supply paradox of AI  —  Another day, another huge new AI model revealed.  This time it's Google's Gemini.

2023-11-24
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2023-11-24 View on X
The Information

Source: a breakthrough spearheaded by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever enabled a model that could solve basic math problems, stoking excitement and concern

You are probably sick of hearing about OpenAI palace intrigue … Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : OpenAI Is Close to AI Breakthrough That Could Threaten Humanity: Report Kate Seamons...

2023-11-23
@levie just in time for thanksgiving conversations everywhere.
2023-11-23 View on X
Axios

OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as chair, alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo

4 key takeaways Jason Dorrier / Singularity Hub : OpenAI Mayhem: What We Know Now, Don't Know Yet, and What Could Be Next New York Times : Explaining OpenAI's Board Shake-Up CNBC :...

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2023-11-23 View on X
The Information

Source: a breakthrough spearheaded by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever enabled a model that could solve basic math problems, stoking excitement and concern

One day before he was fired by OpenAI's board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company …